Pound House is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.
Pound House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-cloister-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pound House, 23, Church Street, Great Baddow, CM2 7HX
- OS grid reference
- TL 730 047
- Coordinates
- 51.71487, 0.50357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pound House is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Church Street in Great Baddow. The building has been significantly altered in the 18th century and later. It stands two storeys high and features a three-window range with 20th century casements that have lattice leaded lights. The entrance is marked by a six-panel door, and the roof is tiled. Pound House is part of a group that includes Nos 23 to 33 (odd).
Local climate
Pound House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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